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(No Model.)

' F. S. GIFFORD.

' DISPLAYING REOEPTAGLE.

No, 427,982. Patented May 13, 1890'.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED S. GIFFORD, OF NEIV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO ANSEL G. BAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

DlSPLAYlNG-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,982, dated May 13,1890.

Application filed October 10, 1889. $erial No. 326,576. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED S. GIFFORD, of New Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulReceptacle, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig.2 a vertical central section, of one form of receptacle embodying myinvention.

My invention is a display-receptacle and an improvement on the so-calledgroeers bin described in Hawkinss patent, No. 399,197, dated March 5,1889.

My display-receptacle is made up of an open-mouthed bin, a movablebottom, and means for raising and lowering that bottom, said means beinginterposed between the under surface of the movable bottom and a supportsecured to the walls of the bin.

In the drawings, a is an open-mouthed bin; a, the movable bottom, whichis preferably provided with a strip (L2 of rubber or leather around itsmargins, and so mounted that it grazes the inner surfaces of the sidewalls of the bin when bottom a is moved. The means for raising andlowering bottom a are interposed between the under surface of bottom aand a support a which-is secured to the 0 walls of bin a. By thisconstruction no part of the raising and lowering device projects abovethe upper surface of bottom a, and this is important, because aprojection above the upper surface of the bottom seriously interfereswith scooping out the contents of the 3 5 bin. The means for raising andlowering the bottom a are the male screw 1 and female screw 2, having ahandle 3, the female screw Qbeing secured at its lower end in a bearing4 011 support a and at its upper end in a bearing 5, formed incross-piece 6, se cured to the walls of the bin. A "female screw 1 isrigidly seen red to bottom a, and by turning female screw 2 bottom a israised or lowered, as desired.

Vhat I claim is The herein-described displayirig-receptacle, made up ofan open-mouthed bin a, a movable bottom a, support a provided with abearing 4, cross-piece (5, provided with a bear- 5o ing 5, male screw 1,supporting bottom a, and female screw 2, provided with handle 3, thefemale screw 2 being supported in bearings ,4 and 5, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

FRED S. GIFFORD.

lVitnesses:

EDWARD S. BEACH, H. C. YOUNG.

